NBIB08	Ecology, 7,5 ECTS-points /EKOLOGI / Advancement level: B
	Aim: To provide an understanding of basic ecological concepts and theories. The course also aims at an insight and exercise in the scientific method of working: to plan, carry out, evaluate and account for investigations that illustrate some current problems in ecology. Prerequisites: Chemistry 1, 20p as well as courses according Biology 1, 20p (or comparable courses). Recommendation: Floristics & Faunistics 5p Course organization: Lectures, seminars and computer simulations of ecological models. A small scientific investigation (team-work) is also carried out during the course. Seminars, computer simulations and field and laboratory experiments/work in connection with the scientific investigation (team-work) are compulsory. Course content: The course provides knowledge about basic ecological concepts and theories. The relations of individual organisms to their environment. Evolutionary ecology. The structure and dynamics of populations and ecological communities. Conservation Biology. Turnover of energy and nutrients in ecosystems. Course literature: Krebs CH. 1994. Ecology (4th ed). Harper Collins. Compendium
TEN1	Written examination
LAB1	Passed scientific investigation

Course language is swedish.